Grocery item goes gourmet (part 2)

After making the Oreo Truffles last week, I thought I would try the recipe with Nutter Butters. I don’t have a classic Peanut Butter Ball Recipe, so I thought, what the heck. They came out pretty good. I think I like the Oreo Truffles a little better though. Mainly because the flavor is so distinct. With these, its just a good old tried and true peanut butter and chocolate combo. Just plain………!

1. Finely crush all but 5 cookies in a food processor or place them in a ziploc bag and crush into a fine consistency.2. Combine with cream cheese. Use the back of a large spoon to help mash the two together.3. Roll the mixture into 1″ balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.4. Melt chocolate as directed on the package and then dip balls into chocolate, tap off extra and set aside on wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry. 5. Once dry, refrigerate and enjoy!

I made the oreo ones last week and tonight I’m making the nutter butter ones. SO GOOD. I only dip the tops in chocolate b/c I’m lazy and it’s easier. Then I sprinkle crumbs on the top. They are much loved!

I just discovered your blog and all I can say is “Wow! It looks great and you make it look so easy!” I’m hooked and will be checking back to see what other yummy creations you come up with. Thanks for sharing you creative talent with all of us.

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

Posting from Athens, Greece, I really have to say your blog is a must-see! Unfortunately, no Nutter Butter cookies in Greece, so I used vanilla crean filled cookies. Is it possible to be more specific on the cookies quantity? For instance, tell me the net weight of their package? I really thing I used less cookies than I should. Either way, they were delicious and didn’t make it to see another day…

I was pondering these and it occurred to me you could amp up the peanut butter flavor by replacing half the cream cheese with peanut butter. Ooh, and decorate the tops with a peanut so you can tell them apart form the oreo ones on a plate.Of course, we don’t have Nutter Butters here in Canada, but we do have maple leaf cookies… hmm…maple and white chocolate… I might just have to go to the grocery store :)

Just got finished making your Nutter Butter Bite Size treats. Simply delicious! However, I noticed that they seemed to “weep” a little while I waiting for the chocolate to harden. I think it was actually some of the oil of the peanut butter in the cookies and I’m sure it wasn’t the chocolate. The only thing I did differently was to put the balls of cream cheese and cookie in the refrigerator while I got the chocolate ready. Anything to prevent this? Did any others experience this?

I am sure the peanut butter truffles you made are delicious but you have to try to make the melted chocolate with really good semi sweet dark chocolate; it made a world of difference. The taste was devine! I took a baking class two weeks ago and made these delicious truffles with real chocolate not candy melts – see how it turned out at http://www.examiner.com/x-1490-Broward-County-Restaurants-Examiner

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

Once again, these little guys saved my day (and my nameday). I made them for a treat at the office and they were an absolute hit. I used strawberry flavored cookies but the impact was equally smashing. Zillions of thanks!

I made these and to me they LOOK better than they taste. Don’t get me wrong, they are tasty, but not so good that I can’t not eat them. They are still sitting in my fridge and they aren’t “calling” to me. LOL I like things to be a little sweeter. BUT, my husband adored them and they are calling to him!

Thank you so much for posting all these great recipes! Everything we have tried has been a hit. We made these Nutter Butter treats for Valentine’s Day for my daughter’s soccer team. The moms were upset that I only gave them to the kids. hahaha I am sad it took me so long to get around to making them because they are our new favorite treat.

I’m going to attempt to make these as a pop using a 2 3/4″ cookie cutter in the shape of a Number 3. Think it will work? I’ll be sure to let you know but would appreciate any thoughts or tips you might think of off the bat. I’m scared . . . but courageous (or stupid) enough to try!

Super easy. I was eating these 45 min. after I started making them. I didn’t use cream cheese (I sorta hate cream cheese), and just used peanut butter and powdered sugar.They lost shape a little under the dipping chocolate, but I think if I lessen the peanut butter and up the powdered sugar they’d be perfect next time (I used 8 oz of peanut butter). But they’re fine now — and I just keep them in the fridge.

I did them again last weekend and used less peanut butter. I used about a 3/4 cup of peanut butter, maybe a 1/4-1/2 cup of powdered sugar and a 1/8-1/4 cup of ground peanuts. They were perfect, completely peanutty and held their shape in the melted chocolate. And they still had that fun crystally nutter butter texture. I think these are way better than the Oreo ones. I made those last weekend too, and I still think these are tops.

With the cream cheese in these would you say they’re not safe to keep out of the fridge for an extended period of time or not safe to make and ship to a friend? Do you think it would be better to make with peanut butter instead of the cream cheese?thanks

I made these along with the regular cake balls for my wedding reception. They came out so delicious and were so easy to make. I also made brownie balls with brownie crumbled up and cream cheese frosting; they had a wonderful texture with a little crunch from the edges of the brownies, sooo good!! With the nutter butter ones I used the reserved cookies and sprinkled them on top while they were still wet. What a hit these are!! Thank you for the wonderful ideas :)

Melt butter in large bowl, mix in PB. Mix in sugar, 1 box at a time. You have to use your hands to mix in the last box. Now roll into walnut sized balls. Dip into chocolate candy coating. Enjoy! The powder sugar really makes these melt in your mouth.
Warning: this is a large recipe makes 2 full cookie sheets.

Oreo balls (of all different flavor combinations) have become an absolute staple at our family functions! Everyone requests them – I can’t wait to try the Nutter Buttter version. You said the peanut butter taste isn’t really strong – I am going to try to dip some in melted peanut butter chips and then drizzling melted chocolate over for decoration… another choc/pbutter combo we have tried and loved is to just dip regular oreo balls into melted pbutter chips – these are actually my fave combo, so I can’t wait to try the nutter butter ones – bought the cookies yesterday!

I made these last night, only thing I did different (and it makes it SOO MUCH EASIER) is add the Cream Cheese to my crushed cookies in the food processor instead of trying to hand mix. It took about 30 seconds to mix the two. They turned out GREAT SUPER AWESOME. I brought some to work and they didn’t believe that I made them!